Kassin Psychology Chapter 1

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social psycholog

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the scientific study of how individuals think, feel and behave in a social context

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interactionist perspective

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emphasis on how both an individuals personality and environmental characteristics influence behavior

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social cognition

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study of how people perceive, remember and interpret information about themselves and others

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social neuroscience

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study of the relationship between neural and social processes

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behavioral genetis

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subfield of psychology that examines the role of genetic factors in behavior

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evolutionary psychology

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subfield of psychology that uses principles of evoltuon to understand human social behavior

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culture

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system of enduring meanings, beliefs, values, assumptions, institutions and practices shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next

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cross-cultural research

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research designed to compare and contrast people of different cultures

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multicultural research

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research designed to examine racial and ethnic groups within cultures

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